Walking in the woods with my shadow at my heels

the air smelled of smoke and of blood-stained steel;

the trees came down and the birds, they cried-

My shadow said: “Hide.”

Walking in the desert with my shadow at my side

the desert was empty and the desert was wide,

I was burning to death in the midday sun-

My shadow said: “Run.” 

Cold water flowing in the old grey river

I was a captive, from a slave’s chain delivered,

when I fell down to rest on the river’s brink

My shadow said: “Drink.”

The table in the tower has a cloth so white

like a sheet for the winding of a corpse at night,

plenty of bread but there wasn’t no meat-

My shadow said: “Eat.”

The sun went down and the air was cold

the loneliness tried to kill my soul

couldn’t find my shadow and I started to weep but

My shadow murmured: “Sleep.”

Then I built me a fire and it made me warm,

watching it burn in the heart of the storm I

slept in the light of the smouldering embers as

My shadow serenaded: “Remember.”

i wish i was good enough to illustrate what I wrote. btw all credits to deviantart.com :(